HOUSTON, Texas – An investigation is underway after a man was found on fire and hanging from the I-610 freeway Thursday night.

Houston police said Union Pacific employees reported a fire near Kirkpatrick and the I-610 underpass around 10:30 p.m.

When officers arrived, they found a man’s body partially on fire and hanging from the underpass. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators said the area is a known homeless encampment, but there are currently no witnesses.

The man’s cause of death is being determined by the medical examiner’s office, but HPD says they’re investigating this incident as a homicide.

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